Folding stool.



L. EDELMUTH.

FOLDING STOOL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.27, I915.

1,198,899. Patentedsabt. 19,1916.

LOUISEDELMUTH, OF NEW YORK,..1\T. Y.

FOLDING STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented "Sept. 19, 1916.

Application filed August 27, 1915. Serial No. 47,627.

T 0 all whom it mag concern Be it known that I, LOUIS EDELMUTH, a citizen of the Uni-ted States,residingatNew York, inthecounty of New. York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Stools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding. stools and has for its primary object the provision of a stool of this kind which may be folded in a relatively compact package so that it'may'beconvenientlycarried from place to lace.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a stool of this character which may be adjusted to a folded or unfolded condition with the greatest facility and which, when unfolded and set up will be securely and positively held against accidental collapse.

A still further object of the invention relates to the manner of connecting the several frame elements of the structure together so as to produce a form of connection between the several elements which will be capable of resisting the great strains and loads which are applied thereto.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like reference numerals indicate similar parts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is a side view of the stool showing the same setup. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the stool folded. Fig. 1 is a section through the connecting sleeve showing the manner of connecting the several frame elements with each other. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of one of the frame elements and the connecting braces.

The folding stool consists of a seat 1, constructed preferably of sections 2 and 3 Which are hingedly connected together at 4. These seat sections are formed of thin sheet metal so that they are inherently resilient and capable thereby of furnishing considerable comfort to the user. The seat is supported by bracing frames 5, 6, 7, and 8. The frame 5 consists of a top bar 9 which is extended through loops 10 in the seat section 2 and at the intermediate portion of the said bar the metal is stamped in substantially U shaped form as at 11. The said frame is provided with relatively converging side bars 12 having terminals 13 which are extended into a metallic sleeve 14: and the latter is then upstruck asat 15 and curved so as to correspondingly curve portions of the said terminals 13 and to hold the terminals arms are formed at their free ends into eyes 18 which receive the trunnions 16. The opposite part of the frame 6 has a transverse bar 19 which is extended through the loop 20 in a manner identical with the connection of the seat section 2 and the bar 9. The frames 5 and 6 are arranged in diverging relation and they constitute the super-structure of the stool. The lower structure of the stool is formed by the sections 7 and 8 which in form, are somewhat like the frames 5 and 6. The side bars of the frames 7 and 8 are provided with eyes 21 which are looped around the trunnions 16.

In order to hold the stool in a set up condition, provision is made of vertical folding devices 22 in the form of rod sections 23 and 2 1, the ends 25 of which being formed into eyes and a rivet 26 is passed through said eyes so that the rod sections are capable of folding adjustment. The upper rod sections 23 are looped as at 27 around the portions 11 of the bars 9 and 19. The lower ends of the rods 24 are curved around the U- shaped off-sets 28 of the base bars 29 of the frames 7 and 8. One of the rods is provided at a. point laterally of its connection with the part 28 with a loop 29 which receives the eye 30 of a horizontal brace rod 31. The opposite end of said brace rod carries a hook 32 which is adapted to engage with the base bar of the opposite frame 7 as shown in Fig. l.

From the construction described it is seen that on releasing the hook 32 the seat 1 may be broken at its oint and the sections 2 and 3 folded toward each other. On effecting this adjustment of the seat 1, it follows that the frames 5, 6, 7, and 8 can be correspondingly adjusted, likewise the braces 22 and 31 and the structure as a Whole can thereby be made to assume a relatively compact package which may be conveniently carried from place to place by the user.

The application of the device as a Whole is productive of a folding stool possessing a high degree of durability and strength, and one which is capable of being folded or unfolded to suit the demand of the user in a comparatively little time as will be appreciated.

hat is claimed as new is 1. A folding stool comprising, a seat formed of hingedly connected sections, folding frames respectively mounted upon said sections, a curved connecting sleeve, one of the frames having terminals extended into said sleeve and secured thereto, the terminals of the other frame having rocking connection with said terminals, a base structure for said frames, and means for holding the stool in a set up condition.

2. A folding stool comprising, a seat formed of hingedly connected sections, a 25 superstructure consisting of tWo frames arranged in diverging relation when the stool is set up, a coupling sleeve fixedly receiving the terminals of one frame, the other frame having hinged connection with the first 30 LOUIS EDELMUTH.

Witnesses ANNA V. DOYLE, GEO. A. BYRNE.

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